Relational Art as Social Semiotic

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There are many attempts to explain success and failure in information systems. Many of these refer to a purported sociotechnical gap. In this chapter, we develop an alternative approach that does not impose such a strong dichotomy, but regards social and technical rather as dimensions along which to study work practices. The developed theory involves not only the “social” and “technical” constr...

Social Semiotic Contributions to the Systemic Semiotic Workpractice Framework

The workpractices associated with the use of an information system can be described using semiotic theories in terms of patterns of human communication. A model of workpractices has been created called the Systemic Semiotic Workpractice Framework that employs two compatible but distinct semiotic theories in order to explain the complexity of information systems use in organizational contexts. O...

the semiotic challenges of art criticism

painting and art criticism are based on two different semiotic systems. the expression in painting is basically visual and in criticism is verbal. on the other hand, all expression is linguistic, that is expression and comprehension in all semiotic systems is basically linguistic. the art criticism, then, is situated between two poles: visual signs and verbal signs. it has as function to reorga...

Art. 154: Semiotic Aspects of Musicology: Semiotics of Music

1.1 Topography of Music 1.1.1 The Ontological Topography of Music The role of semiotic aspects in musicology is best described from the complex ontological topography of music. We start this article from the fundamental description [70], stating that “music is communication, has meaning and mediates on the physical level between its mental and psychic levels”. This fact suggests that three onto...

Intention and Interpretation in Art: A Semiotic Analysis